Wolemba Mike Ferner, Portside, January 17, 2021
Okondedwa ma Congresspenator ndi Senators,
Kalatayi ndi yokhudza mantha, kunjenjemera komanso mantha omwe mudakhala nawo pomwe chidani chidakuphulirani pa Januware 6. Chonde musaiwale. Lembani za izo zisanathe. Limbikitsani maloto owopsa. Sungani cholembera ndi pepala pamagawo anu usiku kuti mulembe zomwe zidakudzutsani kuti musakuwe. Osamuletsa. Osazisiya.
Ngati mutha kuthana ndi malingaliro omwe mudali nawo mukamakumbatirana pompano ndikuyembekeza kuti zitseko zikhala, tsikulo lingakhale dalitso kwa inu… komanso ndibwino ku republic yathu. M'malo mwake, chitha kukhala chinthu chomwe chimapulumutsa dziko lathu ngati izi zingatheke.
Kuopa komwe mudamva patsikuli kunali kowona, kapena mwachidule, zomwe anthu mamiliyoni ambiri apirira chifukwa cha mavoti omwe inu ndi anzanu apakale mudapachika mchipinda momwemo, mutakhala m'mipando momwemo, momwe amalola mamilioni a madola mamilioni kudyetsa ndi kumasula makina akuluakulu ankhondo padziko lapansi.
Ganizirani za mavoti omwe mudapanga "othandizira asitikali," omwe adawatumiza kuti akamenye khomo la wina 2 koloko m'mawa, kuthamangira, kulalatira banja lomwe likudandaula, kuba ndalama zawo, kuopseza azimayi ndi ana, kulanda amunawo ndi auzeni nthawi ina iliyonse mukadzapanga mudzi wawo “ngati mwezi.”
Ganizirani za ndege imodzi yankhondo yomwe mudatigulira, ikuuluka mochedwa kwambiri komanso usiku m'mudzi womwe sunamvepo kanthu mokweza kuposa kulira kwa mbuzi, modzidzimutsidwa ndi bingu lodumphira khutu, kulira kwamphamvu kwamphamvu kwakukugwetsani. Ganizirani za mayi yemwe akukhala pansi pa bomba, kudziwa kuti madzi okhawo omwe ali nawo kwa mwana wawo amamudwalitsa. Ganizirani za nthawi zosawerengeka zomwe inu ndi omwe munakonza kale mudavotera kuti tisinthe zolimira zathu kukhala malupanga ndi asirikali omwe amafunikira kuti awopseze anthu akuda ndi akuda omwe akumva njala ya malo ochepa komanso demokalase yomwe mumati Nyumba Yoyang'anira Capitol imayimira. Ganizirani kuti ndi angati mwa asirikali achichepere, ovomerezeka omwe mudawavotera kuti "muwathandize" omwe adabwerako ali ndi matupi osweka ndi malingaliro osokonezeka.
Ganizirani za mavoti omwe mwapereka chilolezo chiwonjezeke pambuyo pakuwonjezeka kwa asitikali aku US, omwe ndi akulu kuposa mayiko ena otsatira a 10, kuti apereke zida zaposachedwa, magulu apadera kwambiri, ndege zankhondo zapamwamba kwambiri. Ganizirani zamabodza angati omwe munauzidwa kuti mupeze voti.
Mwina pamenepo mudzatha kuyimilira ndikutsutsana ndi kampeni yotsatira yolakwika yomwe nthawi zonse imayamba ulendo wopita kunkhondo kapena chiwawa chotsatira cha anthu omwe sitikangana nawo. Ndipo potero, mudzatha kuvotera zinthu zomwe mukudziwa mumtima mwanu zomwe mungavotere, zomwe zimangochitika kuti ndizofanana ndi zomwe anthu athu amafunikira ndikuthandizira.
Kwa zaka zikubwerazi, dziko lathu ndi atsogoleri ake aziloza Januware 6 ngati tsiku lokumbukira. Chikhulupiriro changa ndi chakuti inu ndi anzanu mudzakumbukira momwe mudamvera mutakhazikika pansi pa chipinda chanyumbayi ndipo musachikumbukire ngati tsiku lamantha, koma monga tsiku lomwe mudazindikira komanso kumvera ena chisoni pamoyo wanu.
[Ferner anali woyang'anira chipatala munthawi ya nkhondo yaku Vietnam ndipo wapita ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan. Adalemba ku Toledo, Ohio.]
Yankho Limodzi
Chiwawa ndi nkhanza. Tsopano mukudziwanso momwe ophunzira athu achichepere amamvera pamene wowomberayo alowa m'sukulu yawo, akumanena kuti ali ndi moyo mosasankha; pomwe amabisala ndikuthawa kuti apulumutse miyoyo yawo chifukwa wogwira ntchito osankhidwa mdziko muno sangapange nzeru, zoteteza kwa omwe akuwomberedwa ndi malamulo.